a sunny Stockade greets Stockade-athon 2009

The weather could not have been better for the spectators this morning, and I bet the runners liked it, too, as the 34th Annual Stockade-athon 15K road race passed through our eponymous Stockade neighborhood. With only one good eye, a fluish body and a very slow reaction time, I failed to capture as many interesting photos as I had hoped this morning.

As you can see, for example, the eventual men’s winner, Fernando Cabada Jr., was too fast for me, as I tried to quickly raise my Canon PowerShot for my first picture of the day:

…….. Cabada was too fast for me, too ….

Fernando Cabada Jr. of Boulder, Colo., was first and Jordan Davis of Syracuse finished second, while Laurel Burdick of Manlius won the women’s division in the 34th annual Gazette Stockade-athon 15k road race.

. . . right behind Cabada on Front St.:

. . . . . As usual, I’m going to post a bunch of photos that interest me for the colors or faces, and hope they help us celebrate this fine Schenectady tradition. [Click on a photo for a larger version and scroll over it for a brief (often unenlightening) description.]

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– as usual, Lawrence was in the middle of the action today –

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And, further down Front St., near Church:

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. . and then heading south on Washington Avenue:

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Monday morning addendum (Nov. 9, 2009): A few more faces (click to enlarge):

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Finally, if you hung around at Front and Church St. until sunset today, you saw a few more streaking beauties:

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p.s. You can find the results and some Stockade-athon video at the Schenectady Gazette website; and a few more photos and commentary by participant Herb Terns at the Times Union Outdoors weblog.

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Took me back; my dad was a GE engineer–Man on The Moon Project, so we left Sch’dy in 1956, never came back, only to bury mom, dad and gramma Sarah Case. Great job. Thank you, one and all, and to all, good night!

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